[HN Gopher] A new path for Kyber on the web for Chrome
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       A new path for Kyber on the web for Chrome
        
       Author : throw0101c
       Score  : 9 points
       Date   : 2024-09-17 15:57 UTC (7 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (security.googleblog.com)
        
       | throw0101c wrote:
       | IETF draft, _Post-quantum hybrid ECDHE-MLKEM Key Agreement for
       | TLSv1.3_ :                   ML-KEM is a key encapsulation method
       | (KEM) defined in the [FIPS203]. It is designed to withstand
       | cryptanalytic attacks from quantum computers.
       | This document introduces two new supported groups for hybrid
       | post-quantum key agreements in TLS 1.3:         X25519MLKEM768
       | and SecP256r1MLKEM768. Both combine ML-KEM-768 with ECDH in the
       | manner of [hybrid].                  The first one uses X25519
       | [rfc7748] and is an update to X25519Kyber768Draft00 [xyber], the
       | most widely         deployed PQ/T hybrid combiner for TLS v1.3
       | deployed in 2024.                  The second one uses secp256r1
       | (NIST P-256) [ECDSA] [DSS]. The goal of this group is to support
       | a use         case that requires both shared secrets to be
       | generated by FIPS-approved mechanisms.                  Both
       | constructions aim to provide a FIPS-approved key-establishment
       | scheme (as per [SP56C]).
       | 
       | * https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-kwiatkowski-tls-ecdhe...
        
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